Salary Negotiation:

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Whatever you do, don't walk in dressed in a velvet sweatsuit, whip out your package and lay it on the table, and proceed to ask how much will they give you to remove said package from the table. I heard that's frowned upon.

lol...

security!!!!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Honestly, that's how I got my job.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

On a serious note, dress up as much as you can. I'm not saying a tux, but always dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

[MTK]

Yeah a tux might be a bad call especially a baby blue one with ruffles and high water pants.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah a tux might be a bad call especially a baby blue one with ruffles and high water pants.

You'll be my best man Har!

[saden1]

Don't ware your homeless getup....business casual is perfectly fine.

[BleedBurgundy]

Figure out what you really want and go about 2- 3 thousand higher. That way there's room for negotiation if it gets to that point. No matter how much you love the job, if you start and find out you make significantly less than your peers, you're going to be miserable in pretty short order. Don't assume that they are going to be all that hesitant to pay a decent salary. I lucked out though with my current position, I had done research and someone in my position in Central PA with my level of experience usuallly makes about 35-45k. I asked for 45 and got 55. I have no idea how that worked out to this day... The point is, don't let it stress you out, these things have a way of working themselves out.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

Figure out what you really want and go about 2- 3 thousand higher. That way there's room for negotiation if it gets to that point. No matter how much you love the job, if you start and find out you make significantly less than your peers, you're going to be miserable in pretty short order. Don't assume that they are going to be all that hesitant to pay a decent salary. I lucked out though with my current position, I had done research and someone in my position in Central PA with my level of experience usuallly makes about 35-45k. I asked for 45 and got 55. I have no idea how that worked out to this day... The point is, don't let it stress you out, these things have a way of working themselves out.

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

I have no effing clue, but I'd love for someone to tell me. They asked me what I wanted as far as salary was concerned and I told them $45 and asked if that was within the range they expected. They said it was and we went on to discuss other things. When I got the call 2 days later asking if I wanted the job, they told me the compensation would be $55k. I tried to sound "whatever" about it while air humping in front of my wife.

oh, and if this helps, I was told after I was hired that I was nowhere near the most experienced candidate they interviewed but was the most honest and I seemed like the person they would most like to work with. So there you go, tell the truth and don't be a dick.

[saden1]

A while ago I got a job offer and I declined the offer because I got a counter offer from my employer. I tried to nogocitiate to get the prospective employer to at least partly match the counter offer and they wouldn't budge even a little from their original offer. Anywho, after I declined their offer I told the head hunter that was working for me that I had a friend that I use to work with and he could probably do what they were looking for in a candidate. My friend got the job, got more money (5K more) and more stock options (10K more shares) than they offered me.


Always look out for #1, that's you mofo, that's you!

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

That's pretty incredible. Why on earth would they counter your offer of $45K with $55K?

I had something similar happen.

I asked for $45 and got $60 when they found out I had other offers, even though the other offers were for less than $60.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Was Dan Snyder your boss?

[onlydarksets]

I have to strenuously disagree with the advice to go in with a range. You are always setting yourself up for the low end. The best approach is to give them a number that is reasonable, but, as BB noted, a little higher than your reservation price, and let them know that you will negotiate if they don't think this is fair. Otherwise, you are negotiating against yourself, which is the cardinal sin of negotiating.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

I have to strenuously disagree with the advice to go in with a range. You are always setting yourself up for the low end. The best approach is to give them a number that is reasonable, but, as BB noted, a little higher than your reservation price, and let them know that you will negotiate if they don't think this is fair. Otherwise, you are negotiating against yourself, which is the cardinal sin of negotiating.

I think that's generally true, but not always the case. For example, my salary demands depend upon fringe benefits. To the extent that they suck, I ask for a higher salary and vice versa. I haven't had any problems with that approach thus far.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I think that's generally true, but not always the case. For example, my salary demands depend upon fringe benefits. To the extent that they suck, I ask for a higher salary and vice versa. I haven't had any problems with that approach thus far.

You mean you don't go in there and say "I'm good, nay, I'm very good therefore I demand you hire me, pay me 270K and give me a company jet for the weekends."